This Day in History: On this day in 1981, President of the United States Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded by John Hinckley Jr. in Washington, D.C., as he was returning to his limousine after a speaking engagement at the Washington Hilton. Hinckley believed the attack would impress actress Jodie Foster, with whom he had developed an erotomanic obsession.
White House press secretary James Brady, Secret Service agent Tim McCarthy, and DC police officer Thomas Delahanty were also wounded. All three survived, but Brady had brain damage and was permanently disabled. His death in 2014 was considered a homicide because it was ultimately caused by his injury.
What is never talked about is the caliber of the bullet, a small .22lr. "Everyone scoffs at the .22 cartridge. They say it’s useless for self defense. They say it’s too small. They say it isn’t powerful enough. But I’ve yet to see one of these people volunteer to be shot by one.
Look at the attempted assassination of Reagan. John Hinckley Jr. used a .22 revolver. Secretary Brady was hit in the head, critically wounded and crippled for life. A New York City police officer was hit in the neck and died instantly. A secret service agent went down and stayed down with a bullet in his liver. And finally, Reagan was rushed to the hospital and underwent emergency surgery for a bullet in his lung. And the bullet in question did this AFTER bouncing off the side of Reagan’s armored limousine." Source
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